On 23 Jan 2012, Howard Brazee wrote in
rec.arts.movies.past-films:
> I don't think they were selling the song in that part (although it
> wasn't bad at the start - I liked it there). What they were
> selling was her desperation, and turned a nice song into something
> more Hitchcockan.
Right, I understand that. The plot point works well. What I meant was
that the song seems to me to be an transparently intentional bid for a
tie-in radio hit and Oscar nomination (was it?), and they hammered it
ad nauseum throughout the film. I wouldn't necessarily have minded it,
but I find the song itself to be cloying and annoying, and when Doris
belts it out so hysterically in the embassy... well, it just gets my
eyes rolling and my teeth grinding. |